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Grinnell, IA
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Comfort Inn rebranding to Holiday Inn Express & Suites

Description

A roughly $2 million full remodel of the 66-room Comfort Inn — new rooms, lobby, pool area, breakfast area — with rebranding to Holiday Inn Express & Suites and a requested $400,000 TIF grant. Staff will draft a development agreement with the amount blank.

Impact summary

Would give Grinnell its only upper-midscale branded hotel and keep travelers' lodging dollars in town.

Applicant

Name
Vic Kalia

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
0
Total mentions
1

Recorded in the meeting · City Council

Discussed5–0, unanimous

Last discussed Jun 15, 2026.

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